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' CARRYING-CAN AND JACKET. 1 No. 281,374. Patented July 17, 1883.

UNITED STATES,

PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES KIVITTS, BELLEVUE, IOWA.

CARRYING-CAN AND JACKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 281,374, dated July 1'7, 1883.

To all whom it may concern:

- Be it known that I, CHARLES -KIVITTS, a citizen of the United States, residing at-Bellevue, in the county of Jackson and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carrying-Cans and Jackets; and I do declare the following to'be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention has for its object to provide an improved carrying-can, whereby the same will be protected from injury, the heat of the sun, and surrounding atmosphere.

It consists in a hauling-can composed of an inner easing or can provided at its upper end with a flange turned outwardly on a horizontal line, an outer barrel-shaped easing having its ends drawn in against the ends of the inner casing, and its upper end arranged to touch the under side of the outwardly-turned flange of the inner casing, the'said flange being hermetically soldered or otherwise secured to the upper hoop of the outer casing.

It consists, further, in other improvements, all of which will be hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

In carrying out my invention I employ a cylindrical can, a semi-oval or barrel-shaped casing, of wood or other non-conducting material, and a lid of peculiar construction, all of which will be hereinafter fully described.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a carrying-can constructed according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical seetionof the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the lid, and Fig. 4 is a section on a larger scale, showing in detail the joint of the lid.

a is the inner vessel for holding the milk or other material. It is made cylindrical in the ordinary way, and has its upper end turned outward, so as to provide an annular flange or rim, to. The outer edge of this annular rim to may be, if desired, turned down in a short depending rim; but this is not necessary, only asa matter of preference.

I) is the outer casing or jacket, made prefer- Application filed April 30, 1883. (ModeL) ably of wood. It is to be made of any good non-conducting material which will give the requisite strength. The jacket is made in barrel shape, and has its upper end and its lower end drawn in till they-touch the upper and lower ends of the vessel a. closed by a head, I), and has laid thereon a narrow annular ring, W, of wood or other suitable material, on which the can rests. The

flange a is laid across the upper edge of the casing and on the edge of the top hoop, b", to which it is soldered. If desired, a thin packing can be interposed between the flange a and the edge of the casing in order to make a tighter joint.

0 is the lid, composed of a convex wooden top, 0, of same material as the casing b, a me tallic plate, 0, convex on its under side and joined at its perimeter to the perimeter of the top 0, and a depending annular metallic rim, 0, adapted to fit snugly intothe mouth of the vessel a. The plate 0 and rim'c are so formed and united together and to the top plate, 0, as to provide an air-tight joint and a projecting lip, c, which projects over and rests on the flange a. The lid is composed, as hereinbefore indicated, of the outer wooden top, 0, which is exposed to the air, and the inner metallic parts, 0 0 The upper edge of the rim 0 is bent outward in a short lip or flange. The plate a has its rim laid upon and bent around the edge of the lip on the rim 0 in manner similar to the joints between the top and side of the ordinary fruit-can, and there is formed thereby a short annular projecting edge. Around this projecting edge I place an annular metallic ring, 0 which has its lower edge bent under the projecting edge above described, While its upper edge is first turned inward over the said projecting edge, as shown, whereby there is formed the lip o, andisthen bent upward and provides The lower end is the short flap 0, which overlaps the edge of the wooden plate a. The ring 0 is soldered to the edge formed by the plate 0 and rim 0".

"The overlapping flap c is secured,by any suitalso be seen that the vessel a is surrounded by formed is strong and cannot be injured by blows upon the plate 0 nor by rough handling of the can. The lid is further provided with a hinge, d, the lower wing, d, of which slides into and is held by loops 0 0, provided on the outer side of the casing. The lid may be enti rely removed from the casin by drawing the wing (1 out of the loops. It willbe seen that the lid constituted as shown has a dead-air space between its upper and inner plates. It will dead-air spaces. It will also be understood that the vessel a is braced at its ends by the ends of the outer casing; also, that the bulge of the latter gives a perfect protection to the vessel against injuries in handling.

The annular support I) may be dispensed with and the can be set on the bottom I); but I prefer to use the support, as shown.

The dead-air spaces give a perfect protection against the heat of the sun when the can is be ing hauled from one place to another.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1S-

1. The improved lid for milk cans or vesl sels, composed of the depending rim 0, the concave plate 0 having its periphery joined to the outwardly-turned edge of the depending rim 0, the annular ring 0", having its lower edge bent around and made fast to the rim of the plate 0 and its upper edge turned upward and forming a flap, c, and the convex wooden top plate, 0, having its perimetersnugly fitted into the angle between the flap c" and plate 0", as set forth.

2. The hauling-can hereinbcfore described, composed of the vessel a, having the flange (1. turned outward from its upper open end, the casing b, bulged outward and having its ends drawn in against the ends of the vessel a, the annular ring or support 0 interposed between the bottom of the casing and the bottom of the vessel, and a hollow lid adapted to close the upper end of the vessel, as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of twOwitnesSes.

CHARLES KIVITTS.

\Vitnesses:

Guss EHRHARDT, XVILLIAM G. STUART. 

